Crazy Little Thing Called “VOTE!” – IMPT UPDATE!

Yes, we know it is silly… Yes, we know it can drive us crazy…

And I quite agree: it really doesn’t amount to anything as prestigious as the Grammys or Billboard; or as rewarding as a titlist of a singing competition… It is fluff, it is tedious and in all probability the object of our affection does not even care about it, whether he is actively in showbiz or in hiatus.

But it is supposed to be fun and a way to get Archies come together.

So what’s in a title? What does it mean to be 1st Pinoy’s Foreign Act Newsmaker of the Year?

Logically? NADA. Intrinsically? It’s the principle of the thing.

The simple truth is, for 2012 in Manila, David was THE Foreign Act Newsmaker of the Year. For 38 days during the 1st quarter of 2012, The Archuletor was all over Manila. TV, radio, newspaper, online – you name it, he was a media magnet.

His Manila stint even went global — trending worldwide for lengths of time.

And international Archies had been active participants in this experience! Spending late night / early morning vigils – depending on which side of the globe you are located – just to catch up on the livestream of a local mini-series. But not before we endure the pirouetting of Willie’s dancers and seemingly endless commercials of the lead-in gameshow, WTBT – bahahahahaha!

Even just for the simple fact that David learned a Tagalog song and interpreted it like he is a true-blue Pinoy himself should take the cake… and the bacon… heck, throw in the enchiladas and the spicy nachos!

There should not even be a contest about it. Of course, am biased

Buuut there is this silly poll. And there is an equally driven, if not more fanatic (yes! we have met our match!) group of fans propelling their beloved candidate to the top spot. Can’t blame them. It’s the nature of the beast. We have ODD. They have their.. whatever, LOL.

David DESERVES the title. That’s the source of my passion for this. And am not saying that if you do not share my passion, then you are not a good Archie! Has nothing to do with it.

Considering that since mid-January, David had been on top this poll, to lose it in the final stretch of the game is I think a shameful waste of everyone’s energy and time.

Last Saturday, he was leading by 146,000. We lost all that today

Of course there is the Superbowl. And Musiqtone. And our personal commitments and responsibilities. Or perhaps online voting is just not your thing- especially drawn out polls like this one A whole lot of other stuff that outweighs a silly tedious little poll.

But I never figured Archies to be quitters. Especially if we recognize that all it takes is a concerted effort if the go-getters like us are properly informed and primed.

SO: how do we make this a bit more interesting??

A. TWIT/TWEET AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!

1. The 1st 25 Archies who put up 5,000 votes on Twitter will each get EITHER

* an 8-disc set of David Archueta’s Journey in Manila 2012 (DAJIM). It is my personal collection of David’s 38-day stay in Manila from arrival to departure in glorious HD DVD format.

* OR an HD copy of Season 7 DVD. Winners can choose between the two.

I did a time and motion study on this and 100 votes is doable under 15 minutes. So 5,000 in the next 8 or 9 days? PEANUTS!

2. Tweets should be in this format:

@ELifestyleBlog #TELPinoyNewsmaker I Vote for DAVID ARCHULETA for FOREIGN ACT NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR #xxxx#NoMatterHowFarDavidArchuleta

3. If you have reached 5,0000 tweets, email me at [email protected] so I can verify the time and date, under your username.

4. Re-tweets are not counted.

5. Incentive period runs from 6pm Feb 5 and ends midnight Feb 13.

6. What is the “#xxxx” in the twit message? That’s the counter to guide us both as to how many you have twitted. For example #200, if that is 200 tweet you have sent. Of course this means if you have been voting prior to the incentive run, you need to re-set your counter back to 1 at 6pm Feb 5, ok?

7. The hashtag #NoMatterHowFarDavidArchuleta is optional. But the counter is mandatory.

8. Why Twitter? Cos it is the voting channel that we can easily monitor individual contribution.

B. BONUS INCENTIVE – WANNA GET YOUR NA FIX? — UPDATED

9. Due to copyright restrictions, I have to rescind the incentive for the NA DVD. Sorry guys. Tried pushing the edge but there are more important considerations at stake. So I hope this doesn’t deter the twitter voters. INSTEAD THIS IS THE NEW BONUS INCENTIVE, the highest twitterer, going beyond the 5K tweets will get BOTH DVD sets above! additional set of NA DVD Yes the whole series and yes in HD format as well!.

C. SO WHAT ABOUT THOSE VOTING ON POLL DADDY?

10. As soon as we reach the 1 MILLION MARK for David, every 25,000 incremental votes on top of the 1 MIL will be equivalent to 1 set of DAJIM 2012 or AIS7 DVD, to be raffled off to participants of this game.

11. Since I have no way of verifying who voted or not, we will just have to go by honesty or honor system in this case Post here at TDC, tweet me @jackryan4DA or just email me your name at [email protected], to say you want to be included in the EL Poll Daddy raffle.

D. THE PENULTIMATE INCENTIVE – THE REAL NA FIX!:

Want to own the last shirt @DavidArchie wore during Nandito Ako Final episode? See pic below!

When we reach 1.250 million at Poll Daddy, this shirt will be the final raffle item to all those who want to participate. The top 25 twitter voters will automatically be entered in the raffle with 2 stubs in, doubling their chances of winning!

12. The list of possible recipients will be published here and from where we will draw the winners.

Oh, and it might be a good idea if you create another account for twitter just for this. So your followers won’t kill you with the same repetitious tweets/twits, LOL!

marlie7 . February 5, 2013 .

Game on! Hmm, another twitter account. But then you won’t have any followers -- I guess that doesn’t matter does it?

mt . February 5, 2013 .

I don’t tweet from my phone so I’ll have to keep voting from the poll.

JR,
If you could put the poll here like you did in the last thread that would help. It makes it easy for me to find.

Thanks

jackryan4da . February 5, 2013 .

Here u go MT Don’t forget to minimize your screen when voting so you could skip scrollig up & down. Press “ALT” & “-” simultaneously until you can view the whole length of the voting area within your PC or laptop screen

MARLIE -- it is BEST that the account does not have any follower. Otherwise they would go bonkers tweeting 5,000 messages of the same content, LOL!

jackryan4da . February 5, 2013 .

Game starts in 15 minutes… I wonder if people will catch on…

Sbanny in Australia . February 5, 2013 .

JR, as you know, I understand the issues this poll has caused. I really feel your heart here. I admire you JR, you are a good, kind, clever, wonderful person. David and us Archie’s are very lucky to have you. Keep on keeping on.
I hold no hope of winning lol….but I will vote for you and our fellow Archies. I can’t promise how much but I will give it an honest effort….even getting on our main computer -- which I hate to do and hardly ever do lol -- in order to vote as quickly as possible and have them count. ((hugs)) good lady.

jackryan4da . February 5, 2013 .

Awww Shanny that is so sweet of you.

Am the lucky one, for finding David and connecting with so many friends worldwide

Yes every vote counts so thanks for the support even for this silly poll, LOL

jackryan4da . February 5, 2013 .

I got the surprise news from my sister! Since she is not an Archie (but likes him actually, just not ODD-level like you know who), I was amazed that she knew:

1. That David is almost a year into his mission.
2. That he has a new album
3. That the new album is No Matter How Far
4. That he has a new single coming out
5. And that the new single is DRA

NEW TWIST in the EL Poll VOTING INCENTIVE. aside from DAJIM 2012 set, am offering AIS7 hdtv dvds — if you win, meaning you are one of the 25 top twitterers, you get to choose between the 2 DVD sets.

This applies to the Poll Daddy Voting. For every 25K increment we put in, AFTER REACHING the 1 MIL mark, 1 DAJIM 2012 or AIS7 HDTV set will be up for grabs.

Make sure you email me that you are to be included in the raffle for the Poll Daddy voting -- honesty/honor system applied

jackryan4da . February 6, 2013 .

Hahahaha. The LMH fans had been re-tweeting this page and re-doubling their tweeter votes.

Really our match. This is fun!

jackryan4da . February 6, 2013 .

Seems some people are questioning the veracity and validity of tweet votes. I hope this clears everything up where did beast came from

Nita . February 6, 2013 .

Hi JR, love your incentive for all of us archies. Very generous for you to do that. Thank you so much. I have voted 1000 yesterday and going for another 1000 tonight. I vote on the polldaddy only cause I am not much of a twitter person. I did post the link on my FB, hopefully all my archie friends will help out to vote. I am not expecting any reward because deep in my heart David deserve the title and it is my pleasure to do this for David.

So loving the new single “Don’t Run Away” So catchy and love his lower register. I can’t hardley wait to hear it on my radio station. Glad to hear it will be available on itune and happend to be on my birthday. :] a pleasant birthday surprise. Can’t hardley wait for my cd “No Matter How Far”.

NITA -- thanks for joining in the fun. I know that as an archie, we do not expect anything in return. JUst what’s best for David

Thanks for appreciating the effort.

jackryan4da . February 6, 2013 .

Bliss is at it again.. This time he has taken to publicly berate me for the incentive. He posted at FOD —

Blisskasden says:
February 6, 2013 at 4:25 pm

Allow me to share a few of my tweets about Jack Ryan’s “incentive” to vote on that poll.

Mike ‏@blisskasden
Nobody is doing @DavidArchie any favors by clogging up his timeline with repeated poll tweets. It is tedious and annoying. Vote on the poll.

Mike ‏@blisskasden
Why would anyone need material “incentive” to show their support of @DavidArchie? Isn’t your love and respect for him enough?

Mike ‏@blisskasden
@greg_ranin @jackryan4DA Clogging up @DavidArchie’s timeline will deter casual fans from finding out about his new CD, which is what really matters.
Just a couple of fine points re the issue of clogging David’s timeline:

1. If a specific tweet does not carry “@DavidArchie”, it will not appear in DA’s timeline. The tweet vote DOES NOT have his username.

2. I don’t know how others check on what’s new about David, or in this particular case, the buzz on NMHF. But I would hazard a guess that the buzz is everyone, everywhere. People may search ‘david archuleta’ on Google or any search engine. But most likely, they will go to his OS, or any of the fabulous fansites.

jackryan4da . February 6, 2013 .

I have replied to Bliss on twitter for some of the more critical detail like when he had the gall to offer this:

@blisskasden
@greg_ranin How about if @jackryan4DA just either sends you or sells you the CD so we can have @DavidArchie’s timeline back to normal?

(looks to the sky while singing “Am trying to be like Jesus…”)

jackryan4da . February 6, 2013 .

You know, BLISS, as a co-Archie, you could have DM’ed me, emailed me or posted something here. We could have discussed the issue properly and find a solution to the perceived problem instead of agitating those who work hard to vote.

No. You chose to berate me and other Archies equally vested in the EL poll publicly. And would not stop even if you were proven wrong. Do you realize how fast a timeline moves?

Why the grandstanding? Now you even accuse me of bribery?! Do you realize how that comes off to people who are joining or have joined?

Sad. Who needs the LMH fans as rivals when you have someone like this amidst the fandom?

Oh and BTW, you are the one clogging David’s timeline now cos you keep on including his username in all of your tweets re your issue on this. Just sayin…

Hi JR, sorry to hear about Bliss going out of line in attacking you on twitter. I agree he should have dm you. You are right it does not clogged David’s timeline. From what I noticed it is the re-tweet that clogged everyone’s account. The twitter poll does not show on my account unless the person I follow is the one doing it. Maybe the reason why it is appearing on David’s because his name is included or maybe also it is showing to people’s account because their account is set to show all tweet related to David.

JR, just keep doing what is in your heart. Cheer up my friend keep your chin up, you are not doing anything wrong.

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

With work, voting during breaks and dealing with this ugly episode very early on my part of the globe, I lost track of what today meant for me.

No wonder It has been an unusually emotional day (my family refers to me as the fort, LOL), it is the death anniversary of my Dad. Miss him every day. And today of all days (weak smile)

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

Thanks NITA for the kind words of encouragement The number of emails, DMs and private messages I received is overwhelming.

Wow! we are just 26K++ away from the 1 million mark on the EL Poll!

rubi_DA2014 . February 7, 2013 .

Aww, send you virtual hug JR (((hugsss)))
You have done nothing wrong, but instead you did a great job on supporting to our beloved David.
Some of us supports your “Crazy Little Thing Called… VOTE” idea.
Love all you do for David.

I’m so slow, still at 300+ tweets on the poll. Tsk tsk tsk. Double time tonight. Lol

ram . February 7, 2013 .

JR-Just wanted you to know even though I only vote here and there, I appreciate all your efforts and the efforts of others who also vote like crazy! David has some pretty awesome fans. I am sorry that you got hit with some negativity and especially around this time.

Looking forward to this new album. So excited for the release of DRA and then to see what else will be on the album.

Must go now. Have taken up French and MUST STUDY cuz I am definitely not as good as David at learning a new language.

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

RAM -- study hard. Language is an important and very useful skill to acquire. I admire people who has the affinity for it. I sure don’t!

My late husband knows 3 languages and 4 dialects. I remember being flabbergasted with the ease he had learning languages.

David is a quick study for this area. Fascinating!

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

Instead of posting just what Bliss considered his choice tweets on this subject which he even posted at FOD, I think it is a mighty addition to the chronicling of the cra-zeh-ness this poll voting has elicited, if I post all of his tweets yesterday. I only was able to read all of Bliss’ tweets last night when I was with Archulata Phil’s Council of the Elders (LOL, I know!)

About 3 frames from latest to oldest —

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

jackryan4da . February 7, 2013 .

jackryan4da . February 8, 2013 .

IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE VOTING INCENTIVE

B. BONUS INCENTIVE -- WANNA GET YOUR NA FIX? — UPDATED

9. Due to copyright restrictions, I have to rescind the incentive for the NA DVD. Sorry guys. Tried pushing the edge but there are more important considerations at stake.

So I hope this doesn’t deter the twitter voters.

INSTEAD THIS IS THE NEW BONUS INCENTIVE,The highest twitterer, going beyond the 5K tweets will get BOTH DVD sets of DAJIM & AI.

D. THE PENULTIMATE INCENTIVE – THE REAL NA FIX!:

Want to own the last shirt @DavidArchie wore during Nandito Ako Final episode? See pic below!

When we reach 1.250 million at Poll Daddy, this shirt will be the final raffle item to all those who want to participate.

The top 25 twitter voters will automatically be entered in the shirt raffle with 2 stubs in, doubling their chances of winning!

But remember, the Set C INCENTIVE FOR POLLDADDY indicated above, is still a go!

At 3pm today, we reached the 1 MIL mark for David! Congrats Archies! Moving forward, this means that every 25K increment is equivalent to a DVD set gift! So keep those votes coming go-getters!

Again am sorry of some of you will be disappointed but I hope that the spirit of supporting David overrides whatever has been changed.

LET’S DO THIS!

yelshar . February 8, 2013 .

I dont get it. “…doubling their chances of winning!” is their refers to top 25? or be dice again?

jackryan4da . February 8, 2013 .

For the PollDaddy raffle, the top twitter voters will get 2 raffle stubs instead of 1.

Those who informed me that they want to be in the PollDaddy raffle will only get 1 stub. But the top 25 twitter voters, will get 2, thus increasing their chances of winning.

Thanks to everyone who participated in this fun (but excruciatingly long-winded poll!). My hats off to all those contributed but chose to remain nameless in support of David for the title of Foreign Act Newsmaker of the Year!

jackryan4da . February 15, 2013 .

Message from out top winner @foddavidg

All top 3 were very very close. It was close to the very end. I think that twitter jail time kept it very close. Congrats to @ArchuletaVote and @arzhen_chie also for all the awesomeness voting!

Congrats also to all those who voted via twitter and polldaddy for all the wonderful power voting done during the poll time as well as in all the other polls. We sure do know how to vote and give it all we can. We also are very good at spreading the word about David’s music.

jackryan4da . February 15, 2013 .

Just got home. Had a wonderful, wacky time w/ Archuleta Phils’ Council of the Elders, namely @nareejo, @lorms, @ascphil and @therandompinay. We missed kricket -- sigh!